Other games scoring multiple nominations included The Walking Dead (8), Far Cry 3 (7), Halo 4 (6), Borderlands 2 (5), and Dishonored (5). The Walking Dead and Halo 4 won a number of categories, while Borderlands 2 was honored as action game of the year.

The D.I.C.E. Awards were held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the annual Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (D.I.C.E.) summit.

The full list of the 16th annual D.I.C.E. Awards categories and nominations is below, with the winners for each category in bold.